A few weeks ago Verizon Wireless introduced the Motorola Droid, a technological savvy device catering to your every single possible need. This phone has every  thing you can image, some features however are a bit scary. The concept of big brother is watching you definitely shows on the Droid’s GPS system.

The Droid was able to detect that I was in my house by using Google maps. It also showed my location in the house. A blue dot determines your exact position.  I was carrying the device around my house and as I moved the dot on the screen correlated with my position in the house. This feature is awesome, but is very scary and I don’t like the concept that you can see exactly were I am inside my house. It’s almost like an invasion of privacy.

Aside from a super accurate GPS system, the Droid features a voice activated Google search option. You just need to open the widget and say the word or phrase you want to look up on Google and within a few seconds Google opens up and the search results appear.  The voice recognition is spot on and is very accurate.

One last feature that is unbelievable is a free downloadable widget called Barcode Scanner. The barcode widget acts as a scanner for  items. For example, I took my text-book and scanned the barcode located on the back. Within a few seconds the bar code was picked up and I was able to do a product search on Google. This feature is absolutely incredible. You can be in a store looking at a product, scan the item and then magically search on Google to find cheaper deals or other stores where the product maybe located all with a few touches on the Droid.

This phone definitely defies outstanding innovation and technological brilliance.

Check out The New York Times Review on the Motorola Droid.

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